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  • FORMER BALLARAT EAST FREE LIBRARY

    25-29 BARKLY STREET BALLARAT EAST, BALLARAT CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1493
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    The Former Ballarat East Free Library is of significance for architectural, historical and social reasons. Established in 1862 it was amongst the earliest of Ballarat's social and educational…

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    • National Trust
  • BURKE MUSEUM

    28 LOCH STREET BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0345
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    The first section of the Burke Museum was constructed in Loch Street, Beechworth in 1857 by the Young Men's Association, which had been formed the previous year with the aim of promoting…

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  • CAPITAL THEATRE (FORMER MASONIC HALL)

    50-56 VIEW STREET BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0119
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    The Capital Theatre (former Masonic Hall) Bendigo, a cement rendered building designed in the Renaissance Revival style by Bendigo architects William Charles Vahland and Robert Getzschmann…

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  • FORMER LIBRARY

    408 WARRENHEIP STREET BUNINYONG, BALLARAT CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0488
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    The former library at Buninyong was donated to the town by Robert Allan and erected for him prior to 1862 at a cost of £385 (including earthworks and two bridges). Allan, an engineer,…

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  • ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING AND CARLTON GARDENS (WORLD HERITAGE PLACE)

    NICHOLSON STREET CARLTON AND VICTORIA STREET AND RATHDOWNE STREET AND CARLTON STREET CARLTON, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1501
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    The Royal Exhibition Building was constructed in 1879-1880 to house the International Exhibition of 1880. It is the only major extant nineteenth century exhibition building in Australia and…

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  • CRESWICK TOWN HALL AND FORMER MUNICIPAL OFFICES

    70-72 ALBERT STREET CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0576
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    The Creswick Town Hall and Municipal Offices were constructed as one building in 1876, thirteen years after the creation of the Borough of Creswick. The design of the building was the subject…

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  • DUNOLLY COURT HOUSE

    44 MARKET STREET DUNOLLY, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1468
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    The Dunolly Court House was built in the market square in 1862 as the Dunolly Municipal Chambers, to designs by Charles Toutcher of Maryborough. It was used for this purpose until deemed too…

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  • VICTORIAN ARTISTS SOCIETY

    428-430 ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0634
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    William Massey built the Victorian Artists Society at 430 Albert Street in 1892 to the design of architect Richard Speight. The building, constructed of brick with a tile roof, is in the…

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  • ECHUCA COURT HOUSE

    4 LAW COURT PLACE ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1469
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    The Echuca Court House was erected in Dickson Street in 1873 as a Shire Hall. The first timber court house was built in Echuca in 1859 as a Court of Petty Sessions and was located on the…

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  • FORMER ECHUCA TOWN HALL

    524-530 HIGH STREET ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0378
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    The former Echuca Town Hall and Courthouse was built in 1869 to a Classical design by the Bendigo architects William C. Vahland and Robert Getzschmann, who were both German born. James…

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  • FITZROY TOWN HALL

    201 NAPIER STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY

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    VHR H0147
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    The Fitzroy Town Hall was erected in two stages. The hall wing and a tower were designed by W. J. Ellis and built in 1873 by Nation Company. The second stage, designed by G. Johnson and…

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    • National Trust
  • GEELONG TOWN HALL

    30 GHERINGHAP STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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    VHR H0184
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    The Geelong Town Hall, including the original 1855 (southern) wing fronting Little Malop Street, consisting of a bluestone building with freestone facade set on a rusticated podium; 1917…

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  • GUILDFORD HOTEL MUSIC HALL AND STABLES

    35 FRYERS STREET GUILDFORD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0739
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    The Guildford Hotel was built in 1855-6 for Joseph Sherer on a main corner site in the town. A combined music hall and stables building was added on the adjacent site by 1863, but possibly as…

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  • FORMER MICKVEH YISRAEL SYNAGOGUE AND SCHOOL

    275-285 EXHIBITION STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0766
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    The Former Mickveh Yisrael Synagogue and Hebrew School was constructed in 1859 to a design by the architects Knight and Kerr. It was used as such until 1877 when a new Synagogue was built in…

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  • NUM PON SOON SOCIETY BUILDING

    200-202 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0485
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    Num Pon Soon Society Building is a two storey stuccoed brick building built in 1861 to the design of notable architects Knight and Kerr. It was built as a clubhouse for the Sam Yup Society…

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  • STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA

    304-328 SWANSTON STREET AND 179-181 LATROBE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1497
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    The trustees for Melbourne's new public library were appointed in July 1853 and on 3 July the following year the foundation stone for the first section of building was laid. Opened in 1856,…

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  • MELBOURNE TOWN HALL AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

    90-130 SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0001
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    The Melbourne Town Hall and Administration Building, a five-storey town hall, designed by Reed and Barnes and constructed in 1867 in the French Renaissance style, with various additions…

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  • ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA

    2-8 LA TROBE STREET AND 1-9 VICTORIA STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0373
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    WORLD HERITAGE ENVIRONS AREA OF GREATER SENSITIVITY The Royal Society of Victoria, located on a triangular site at the northern edge of the city opposite the Carlton Gardens. The main…

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  • HORTICULTURAL HALL

    31-33 VICTORIA STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0520
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    The Horticultural Hall was established on the current site when the Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society erected an iron shed in 1859. The original shed was replaced in 1873 by the…

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  • OLD SCHOOL

    999 BUCKLAND GAP ROAD MURMUNGEE, WANGARATTA RURAL CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0344
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    The Old School, Murmungee, was erected in 1869 by the local residents for use as a school, hall and church. School fees are recorded as being one shilling per week for the first two children…

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  • PORTLAND TOWN HALL

    75 CLIFF STREET PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE

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    VHR H0234
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    The foundation stone of the original Portland Town Hall was laid by William Learmonth on 21st September, 1863 following a competition and subsequent public controversy over the permitted…

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  • PRAHRAN TOWN HALL

    CHAPEL STREET AND GREVILLE STREET PRAHRAN, STONNINGTON CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0203
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    The Prahran Town Hall complex was constructed in stages over a number of years on land at the corner of Chapel and Greville Streets. The first municipal council was elected in 1856, the year…

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  • EMERALD HILL MECHANICS INSTITUTE AND HALL OF COMMERCE

    170-172 CECIL STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0537
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    The building at 170-172 Cecil Street, south Melbourne was built in 1857 as the Emerald Hill Mechanics Institute and designed by architects Knight & Kerr, the designers of Victoria?s…

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  • FORMER FREEMASONS HALL

    254 - 256 FERRARS STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0538
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    The Freemason's Hall was built in 1876 at a cost of £2000 for the Yarra Yarra Lodge by the contractor Leonard Heffner, from the designs of two local Emerald Hill architects, R Adamson…

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  • FORMER LITERARY & SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE

    54 LONGFIELD STREET STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

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    VHR H0531
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    The building at 54 Longfield Street, Stawell West, in fact has never been a Mechanics' Institute. It was known as the Lliterary and Scientific Iinstitute and stood on its own institute…

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